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Re: Question for onborad compressor teams
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Originally Posted by Sparky3D View Post
We spent an ridiculous amount of time trying to wire the smaller Viair compressor directly to the PCM. We would think we had the wires in securely, but they would always come loose again after driving the robot for any length of time. We ended up having to add a connector and run a short length of smaller gauge wire to the PCM. I REALLY wish they would have made those terminals a bit larger.
We also ran the wires into the PCM. Although we originally tried to use larger gauge wire (I think 14, can't quite remember) we had to swap it to 16 for the same reason as above. Other than that, we never had a problem with running the compressor though the PCM. Just problems with 1 and 2 year-olds pulling on the wires.
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